9. He bowed the heavens also, and came down with darkness under His feet.

14. With Your hand from men, O Lord, from men of the world who have their portion in this life, and whose belly You fill with Your hidden treasure. They are satisfied with children, and leave the rest of their possession for their babes.

10. And He rode upon a cherub, and flew; He flew upon the wings of the wind.

15. As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness.

11. He made darkness His secret place; His canopy around Him was dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

12. From the brightness before Him, His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire.

PSALM 18

13.The Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered His voice, hailstones and coals of fire.

1. I will love You, O Lord, my strength.

14. He sent out His arrows and scattered the foe, lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them.

2. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

15. Then the channels of the sea were seen, the foundations of the world were uncovered at Your rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

3. I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.

16. He sent from above, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.

4. The pangs of death surrounded me, and the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

17. He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.

5. The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.

18. They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my support.

13. Remove Your gaze from me, that I may regain strength, before I go away and am no more."

1. I said, "I will guard my ways, lest I sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle, while the wicked are before me."

2. I was mute with silence, I held my peace even from good; and my sorrow was stirred up.

PSALM 40

3. My heart was hot within me; while I was musing, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:

1. I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined to me, and heard my cry.

4. "Lord, make me to know my end, and what is the measure of my days, that I may know how frail I am.

2. He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps.

5. Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, and my age is as nothing before You; certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah

3. He has put a new song in my mouth - praise to our God; many will see it and fear, and will trust in the Lord.

6. Surely every man walks about like a shadow; surely they busy themselves in vain; he heaps up riches, and does not know who will gather them.

4. Blessed is that man who makes the Lord his trust, and does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

7. "And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.

5. Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works which You have done; and Your thoughts towards us cannot be recounted to You in order; if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

8. Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of the foolish.

6. Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; my ears You have opened. Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.

9. I was mute, I did not open my mouth, because it was You who did it.

7. Then I said, "Behold, I come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me.

10. Remove Your plague from me; I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.

8. I delight to do Your will, O my God, and Your law is within my heart."

11. When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth; surely every man is vapor. Selah

9. I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness in the great assembly; indeed, I do not restrain my lips, O Lord, You Yourself know.

12. "Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; do not be silent at my tears; for I am a stranger with You, a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

10. I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great assembly.

2. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

2. For You are the God of my strength; why do You cast me off? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

3. My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, "Where is your God?"

3. Oh, send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me; let them bring me to Your holy hill and to Your holy tabernacle.

4. When I remember these things, I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go with the multitude; I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast.

4. Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy; and on the harp I will praise You, O God, my God.

5. Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance.

5. Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall yet praise Him, the help of my countenance and my God.

6. O my God, my soul is cast down within me; therefore I will remember You from the land of the Jordan, and from the heights of Hermon, from the Hill Mizar.

7. Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; all Your waves and billows have gone over me.

PSALM 44

8. The Lord will command His loving kindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me - a prayer to the God of my life.

1. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, the deeds You did in their days, in days of old:

9. I will say to God my Rock, "Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?"

2. You drove out the nations with Your hand, but them You planted; You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out.

10. As with a breaking of my bones, my enemies reproach me, while they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

3. For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them; but its was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, because You favored them.

11. Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall yet praise Him, the help of my countenance and my God.

4. You are my king, O God; command victories for Jacob.

5. Through You we will push down our enemies; through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us.